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8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter : And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father (Not That Any of Them Work)
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter And Other Tips from a Beleaguered Father - Not That Any of Them Work Author:W. Bruce Cameron A humorist whose column appears in the Denver Rocky Mountain News Sunday edition and in other papers nationwide, W. Bruce Cameron is a Genuine Internet phenomenon. What started as an e-mail to six people in 1995 today reaches a passionate audience that numbers in the hundreds of thousands (check out www.wbrucecameron.com), and his essay "8 Simpl... more »e Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" is arguably the most popular humor piece ever published on the Web. A very funny writer on the very freighted relationship between fathers and teenage daughters, Cameron begins with the warning signs that you may be living with a teen (#5. Your car insurance suddenly costs more than your car). He continues with The Telephone (seemingly wired to your teenager's nervous system); The Mall, and how to escort your daughter to it without revealing that she has parents; Braces, the costliest metal on earth; Parties; and, of course, Dating, featuring the eight simple rules. Rule Number One: If you pull into my driveway and honk, you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure as heck not picking anything up. Filled with dead-on dialogue between father and daughter, 8 Simple Rules offers lasting comic relief.« less